Shanekqua — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanekqua

The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Shanekqua between 1980 and 1995, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanekqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanekqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shanekqua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shanekqua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanekqua in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 125 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.